Biking on Long-Distance Trails Act
Latest action · Jul 20, 2022 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedDec 20, 2021
- Passed HouseJul 19, 2022
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Biking on Long-Distance Trails Act
This bill establishes requirements related to long-distance bike trails.
The Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture (USDA) shall identify
- not fewer than 10 long-distance bike trails that make use of existing trails and roads, and
- not fewer than 10 areas in which there is an opportunity to develop or complete a trail that would qualify as a long-distance bike trail.
Interior and USDA shall
- develop a process to allow members of the public to comment regarding the identification of trails and areas; and
- consider the identification, development, and completion of long-distance bike trails in a geographically equitable manner.
The Department concerned shall ensure that each identified long-distance bike trail or area does not conflict with
- the uses of any trail or road that is part of that long-distance bike trail;
- multiple-use areas where biking, hiking, horseback riding, or use by pack and saddle stock are existing uses;
- the purposes for which any trail was or is established under the National Trails System Act; and
- any area managed under the Wilderness Act.
The Department concerned shall also ensure that each identified long-distance trail or area complies with land use and management plans of the federal recreational lands that are part of that long-distance bike trail.
Cosponsors 10
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Dec 20, 2021 to Apr 14, 2022; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-UT | John R. Curtis | Original | Dec 20, 2021 |
| R-ND | Kelly Armstrong | Original | Dec 20, 2021 |
| D-NV | Susie Lee | Original | Dec 20, 2021 |
| D-CA | Jared Huffman | Dec 23, 2021 | |
| D-NV | Dina Titus | Jan 6, 2022 | |
| D-WA | Rick Larsen | Feb 3, 2022 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Feb 18, 2022 | |
| D-NM | Melanie A. Stansbury | Feb 18, 2022 | |
| D-NY | Paul Tonko | Mar 17, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Mike Thompson | Apr 14, 2022 |
Committees 3
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Natural Resources Committee | Referred Dec 20, 2021Markup Jun 15, 2022Reported Jul 18, 2022 |
| Federal Lands Subcommittee | Referred Dec 24, 2021Hearings Feb 3, 2022Discharged Jun 15, 2022 | |
| House | Agriculture Committee | Referred Dec 20, 2021Discharged Jul 18, 2022 |
| Forestry and Horticulture Subcommittee | Referred Jan 4, 2022 | |
| Senate | Energy and Natural Resources Committee | Referred Jul 20, 2022 |
Actions 18
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 20, 2022Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
- Jul 19, 2022Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 1232, proceedings on H.R. 6337 are considered vacated.
- Jul 19, 2022Passed/agreed to in House: Pursuant to section 9 of H. Res. 1232, and the motion offered by Ms. DeLauro, the following bills passed under suspension of the rules: H.R. 1286, as amended; H.R. 2024, as amended; H.R. 3222, as amended; H.R. 6337, as amended; and H.R. 7002, as amended. (consideration: CR H6859-6865; text: CR H6864)
- Jul 18, 2022Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 117-415, Part I.
- Jul 18, 2022Committee on Agriculture discharged.
In the Congressional Record 2
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H6728, H6859Text printed H6732, H6864 | Rosa L. DeLauro D-CT | Jul 19, 2022 |
| House | Debate and remarks H6694, H6695Text printed H6694 | Jared Huffman D-CA, Yvette Herrell R-NM | Jul 18, 2022 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 219, December 20, 2021, page H7838.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 3264 | Biking on Long-Distance Trails Act | Identical bill | Dec 2, 2021 |
| S 3266 | America’s Outdoor Recreation Act of 2022 | Related bill | Sep 21, 2022 |
Titles 5
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To require the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to develop long-distance bike trails on Federal land, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Biking on Long-Distance Trails Act
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
- Biking on Long-Distance Trails Act
- Short Title(s) as Passed House
- Biking on Long-Distance Trails Act
- Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text
- Biking on Long-Distance Trails Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 20, 2022Referred in Senate
- Jul 19, 2022Engrossed in House
- Jul 18, 2022Reported in House
- Dec 20, 2021Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
